From Iceland to Malawi, UN Gender-Equality Initiative Casts a Wide Net
- UN HeForShe program spans the gamut of global gender issues
- Initiative combines university, corporate, political leaders
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The United Nations initiative to improve global parity for women casts a wide net. At one end, Iceland is aiming for full pay equity by 2020. At the other extreme, male leaders in Malawi have agreed to end child marriage.
Both have a place in the HeForShe initiative, a program that has won promises from 30 men in politics, education and the corporate sector to be allies for women.